They get a bit of a bad press but I too have found my Hagon shock to be more than adequate for the VF500. I also have a CBR shock from JD to try...
They look very good to me. Consider yourself lucky cos the VF750 (and I assume VF700) was the first and probably most severely affected VF engine...
They look OK to me too. I wouldn't worry about them at all. Just keep an eye on them. As mentioned it's the lobes you have to worry about as these...
A decent bike shop by the sounds of it. You are very lucky to have that on your doorstep.
Camchains on the VF500 are overengineered and very rarely fail. Tensioners are reported to fail but all the info is very well documented on this...
If it has been rubbing for 25 years and a lot of miles then I doubt a few more will hurt. I would expect it to saw through your centrestand...
The left OEM exhaust stops the centrestand going as high as your end can.
Or enrich it immeasurably (as in my case with a VF500).
As far as I know it can be done without the Honda tool. It's not easy and you need a socket set with muliple length extensions and wobbles and the...
Your next mission is to change the wheels to 17 inchers. I have a similar bike to yours and I'm just about finished doing this. I doubt it will...
As far I know the best way to render a petrol tank safe before welding it is to run a car exhaust through it for 10 minutes. In the past when I...
It's working now. Its the OEM starter too, not some satanic replacement. The engine was laid up for years so I dissambeled the starter and gave it...
I have just bought a VF500 engine on Ebay. Supposed to be low miles (3000) but I know nothing about its history. The bike sat in a garage for...
Impressive. It's also impressive to see how a coil can be so miniaturised. Were there any issues interfacing the stick coils with the trigger...
Some engineers have something called professional integrity. I wouldn't class the VF engines as low cost designs either and they are patently...
I've often wondered if any Honda engineers ever check out this forum or others like it. Be interesting to hear what they think about the fragile...
Commiserations. Stating the obvious here but that head is toast. You dropped an exhaust valve I'm afraid. You found (one of) the Achilles’ heels...
Yes. The VF750 was pretty badly affected by the camshaft wear problem starting around 1983. Just check them before you spend any money to make...
If the bike is new to you and you don't know its history, before you spend a penny, take off the valve covers and look at all the camshaft lobes...
They look decent enough. Balance boxes come up on Ebay from time to time. I had good luck buying from the US. Less chance it would be corroded I...
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